Florida mayor threatens to end lease of arthouse cinema playing ‘No Other Land’

The mayor of Miami Beach threatened to end the lease of a local arthouse film by retaliating with an Oscar-winning documentary screening There are no other lands.

Mayor Stephen Minor kicks O-Cinema from city land after screening several films made by Palestinian-Israel groups and attempts to stop funding for the nonprofit, depicting the Israeli demolition of Palestinian settlements in the Masafayatta region of West Bank.

According to Miami HeraldBreaking the story, Miner sent a newsletter to local residents on Tuesday, where he explained. There are no other lands “A false, one-sided propaganda attack on Jews that do not align with the values ​​of our cities and inhabitants.”

According to Herald The mayor will introduce a law to end the lease, and the mayor will vote for the measure next Wednesday (March 19th).

O Cinema CEO/CCO Vivian Marthell initially told the mayor that he wanted to bring the Oscar-winning film to the audience, writing a letter dated March 6, but decided not to move forward due to “anti-Semitic rhetoric concerns.”

But the next day, Marcel made a U-turn and said he was on the way to the scheduled screening on Friday. In an email to HeraldMarcel said she is moving forward not with an act of political alignment but with a “bold reaffirmation of our fundamental belief that every voice deserves to be heard when it challenges us, and perhaps especially when it challenges us.”

There are no other lands There are no US distributors who are critical of Israeli policy and wary of engaging in highly sensitive political subjects.

Co-directors Basel Adora, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Baral and Rachel Zorr used their awards season expertise to lead the film to the Academy’s documentary nominee list last December, bringing Michael Tackman Media to Michael Tackman Media across the United States.

To date, it has earned more than $1 million at the North American box office. That’s more than double the total amount of the four other Oscar-nominated documentaries and an additional $300,000 through an international distributor licensed by Autolook.